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Ideas Worth Stealing: A Competition To Bring Urban Innovation To Forgotten Properties

Michel Euler
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AP Photo

When you think of Paris, a modern, innovative city is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. But a slew of recent initiatives – going carless for a dayreducing speed limitsturning riverside streets into beaches for urban dwellers to enjoy – are signaling a new kind of Paris, one embracing modern urbanism. Another initiative pushed by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is an international competition called Reinvent Paris. It looks to architects from around the world to design and redevelop sites throughout the city.

Read the full version of this reportat Keystone Crossroads' websiteKeystone Crossroads is a new statewide public media initiative reporting on the challenges facing Pennsylvania's cities. WPSU is a participating station.

Irina Zhorov was WESA’s reporter for Keystone Crossroads, a statewide public media initiative focused on issues in older Pennsylvania communities.